Protect Your Computer from Latest Virus
By Nowshade Kabir ©Rusbiz.com
A deadly new virus under the name of W32/Nyxem-D which
spreads via email attached file is set to strike on the 3rd day of
every month half an hour after the infected computer boots up. The damage
caused by this virus could be extensive. If unsuspecting user opens the infected
attached file it gets into the system and starts delivering itself to all the
available email addresses residing in the infected computer.
Once activated it overwrites all
DOC, XLS, MDB,
MDE, PPT, PPS, ZIP, RAR, PDF, PSD and DMP files by replacing their contents with
the data string: DATA Error [47 0F 94 93 F4 K5].
This can create a big mess, as all integrated to the computer drives will
suffer. This means your flash cards, network drives, external drives or any
drive which gets identified by an alphabet.
This virus is also known as "CME-24,"
"BlackWorm," "Mywife.E" and “Kama Sutra” and seems even capable of disabling
out-of-date antivirus software.
Over 300 thousand computers are
believed to be infected by this worm mainly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy,
where people are less prone to safeguard their computers with up-to-date
antivirus programs.
What should you
do to protect your computer from this and other malware?
-
Upgrade your antivirus software.
If you don’t have an antivirus software installed and you don’t feel like
buying them. There two excellent antivirus programs you can get for free.
AntiVir Personal Edition Classic 6.32
Alwil Software Avast Home Edition 4.6
- Scan your computer for possible
malware regularly. A great free tool that scans
your computer remotely for viruses and eliminates them you can find at
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
- Get a firewall and install it. A
great free firewall that you can download and install is Zonealarm. You can
download it from
http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
- Regularly get patches for your
version of Windows and update.
- Use email filters similar to
Eprompter. It gives you the ability to delete unwanted spam or suspicious
looking mail, which might contain viruses. Get it free from
http://www.eprompter.com.
If you take these precautions, your chances of getting infected will be reduced drastically.
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